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"Martian Man" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul [1] [2] that was destined to be a track on her 1976 album Before You Go Tonight (aka Take Your Time), but was shelved as part of a legal dispute with former manager Don Arden. [3]

Although the dispute was solved in de Paul's favour, the album was first released in 1990 in Japan [4] as well as on a Best of.. CD (albeit as "My Martian Man") that was released in 1993. [5] "Martian Man" finally appeared internationally as a track on de Paul's 2013 anthology CD, Into My Music: 1975-1979. [6] De Paul explained that the ethereal song is about former boyfriend and zany musician Roy Wood, hence the strange lyrics about a woman who falls in love with a stranded Martian. [3] "He came to collect me at my flat and he's dyed his hair green - I thought he looked like a Martian", she said in the booklet to her Into My Music album. Ironically, it was Wood who had recommended Don Arden as her new manager when she left MAM Records.

In 1996, the ex-All About Eve singer and longterm de Paul fan, Julianne Regan, released an electronic version of the song that was approved by de Paul, [7] as a track on the extended play CD The Milkman by Regan's group, Mice. [8] Released on 22 April 1996 on Permanent records, it reached No. 92 on the UK Singles Chart in May that year. [9] This recording of the song was also included on the 2001 Julianne Regan and Mice CD album, New and Improved on Jamtart Records. [10]

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"Love Bomb" is a song and title track from the album Love Bomb by Lynsey de Paul, written by de Paul and Barry Blue. It is listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries held by the Library of Congress 1976. The song's lyrics is a call for love and peace. with yearning strings, pulsing beat and bass that propel this soulful song along until the inevitable exploding bomb sound effect, after which Lynsey's vocals go ever higher, "reaching for the stars above."

"If I Don't Get You The Next One Will" is a song written, recorded and produced by Lynsey de Paul and released in 1976 in the UK as her last single on Jet Records. It is listed in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. A longer version of the song was recorded as a track for the 1976 album Take Your Time, but the album was shelved as part of a dispute between de Paul and Arden, and when it was finally released on CD in 1990 in Japan as Before You Go Tonight, the single version was included. This humorous and tongue in cheek song relates many of de Paul's negative dating experiences. The initial inspiration for the song was former boyfriend, Ringo Starr, who missed a dinner date with de Paul. Stylistically, it was quite different to previous releases, with prominent use of synthesiser and a sparse arrangement that received positive reviews. At the time, the Record Mirror wrote "Cleverly constructed song with Lynsey's voice playing leap-frog over itself. Uptempo rhythm that winds itself all over the place, following the intricate vocal patterns." De Paul performed this song on TV shows such as The Arrows on 18 May 1976. It has been played on US radio, for example as recently as 2016 on WFMU.

Before You Go Tonight also known as Take Your Time is a Lynsey de Paul album recorded in 1976 for Jet Records, but shelved out of spite by then manager Don Arden, and not released until 1990. Then it appeared as a CD release in Japan on Century Records, and again on the Vivid Sound under licence from Trojan Records. The album was originally called Singer-Songwriter and was finally released on de Paul's music store as Take Your Time, albeit with a slightly different track listing. All of the songs were written by de Paul, except the amusing "You've Either Got It or You Ain't", which was co-written with David Jordan. The album was produced by de Paul. The track "If I Don't Get You The Next One Will" was released as a single in 1976 and this version is included. "My One and Only" is de Paul's version of a song recorded and released in 1975 by her label mates at the time, the British female vocal trio Bones.

"You Give Me Those Feelings" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul, and produced by de Paul and Jon Kelly. It was released as a non-album single, with the B-side "Beautiful" also composed by de Paul, on Polydor in August 1977, as the follow up to the European hit single "Rock Bottom". The German and French releases of the single both had picture sleeves. The romantic song makes clever use of vocal overdubbing and has a false ending making the shorter version more radio friendly that the whole song, which clocks in at over four minutes. The song was play listed by a number of British radio stations. It is listed as one of the songs of 1977 in a German music database as one of the songs of the year 1977.

"Beautiful" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul. It first appeared as the B-side to her 1977 single "You Give Me Those Feelings" on the Polydor record label and reflected her real life philosophy that all forms of life are beautiful, including household flies. This recording was co-produced by de Paul and Jon Kelly. An extended and reworked version of the song with snatches of songs from de Paul's 1979 Tigers and Fireflies album as a reprise that was produced by Rupert Holmes, was featured as the last track on this album. The latter version of the song was finally released on CD on Lynsey's 2013 double CD anthology Into My Music, whereas the original version has yet to be released on CD.

"So Good To You" is a song that was written by Lynsey de Paul, and first released by Zakatek as the B-side to his 1973 single, "I Gotcha Now", which also penned by de Paul. The single was released on 2 March 1973 and both songs were produced and arranged by de Paul. Her own version appeared in October 1973 as the B-side to her award-winning single "Won't Somebody Dance with Me", which was arranged by Christopher Gunning and produced by de Paul. In Japan and some South American countries, however, "So Good To You" was released as the A-side of the single release with "Won't Somebody Dance with Me" being relegated to the B-side on its release in 1974. AllMusic lists "So Good to You" as one of De Paul's song highlights. It was also a radio hit in Italy and ranks as one of de Paul's biggest songs there according to Radiocorriere magazine. It is still played on radio stations around the world.

Into My Music - Anthology 1975-1979 is a digitally remastered double album, featuring songs written and performed by Lynsey de Paul, that was released on 18 March 2013 on Cherry Red's RPM Retrodisc label. All recordings have been remastered by de Paul and Simon Murphy from original tape sources and co-produced by de Paul and Mark Stratford. The album is packaged with photographs and memorabilia from de Paul's personal archive and text by Michael Robson.

Love Bomb is the fourth album released in 1975 by the British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul, and her second album released on Jet Records in the UK and Polydor in Germany, Australia and Japan. In the US and Canada, it was released in January 1976 on Mercury Records. The album was recorded at the Marquee Studios, London, England, produced by de Paul and arranged by Tony Hymas, with Terry Cox playing drums, John Dean percussion, Chris Rea guitar and Frank McDonald bass. The striking sleeve cover photo of de Paul in U.S military style clothing was taken by Brian Aris.

Just a Little Time is an album by Lynsey de Paul. It was originally released in 30 September 1994 on the Music Deluxe label but has since been released on the Tring International PLC label and on Arc Records/The Magic Collection. All of the songs on the album are written or co-written by de Paul.

"My One and Only" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and first recorded by the female vocal trio Bones. It was released as a single in 1974 in the UK on Jet Records, and on Polydor in France, Germany and Italy. The recording was produced by de Paul. The song is about a summer holiday romance and is influenced by the style of 1960s girl groups such as the Shangri-Las. Bones performed the song on British television as guests on the Granada TV programme, Rock On With 45, on 16 January 1975. The B-side of the single, “Baby Don’t Make Me Cry”, was a doo-wop sounding song co-written by de Paul and Barry Blue, and again it was produced by de Paul.

"Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" is a song that was written and produced by Lynsey de Paul, and released in July 1975 as her third single on the newly designed yellow Jet Record label in the UK, as a follow up to the hit single "My Man and Me". It was released on Polydor in Belgium, France and Germany ; backed with another de Paul composition "Into My Music". The release of the single was also announced in the American music industry magazine Cashbox. The song as well as the lyrics and credits are listed on the Italian music resource "Rockol". The single received favourable reviews, including from DJ and music journalist James Hamilton who, in his first column for Record Mirror, wrote "With a bass line not unlike ‘Bend Me Shape Me’ and some sexy stop/starts, Lynsey makes straight happy pop noises that sound fine to me". It was reported to be a dance floor hit according to a reaction report. Deborah Thomas, music critic at the Daily Mirror wrote "de Paul will captivate her adoring fans with this light, pacey rocker. It was also a Radio Luxembourg "Hot Shot" single as well as a BBC Radio London "Favoured Play" and play listed by BRMB.

"Sugar Shuffle" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue. It first appeared as the lead-in track on de Paul's album Love Bomb as an ethereal, chilled and dreamy song about nightlife and dating. AllMusic rated "Sugar Shuffle" as one of de Paul's song highlights. Musician and music critic Bob Stanley wrote in The Guardian, "Sugar Shuffle is an especially gorgeous, woozy mid-70s confection, fit to sit at the table with Liverpool Express’s You Are My Love".

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  2. ↑ "Song "Martian Man"". Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Lynsey de Paul: A gritty and determined star who penned a string of hits and won two Ivor Novello awards". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Lynsey De Paul - Before You Go Tonight (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  5. ↑ "Lynsey De Paul – The Best Of Lynsey De Paul (1993, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lynsey de Paul - Into My Music Anthology 1975-1979 (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  7. ↑ "A few mice words - interview with Julianne Regan". Goony.nl. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  8. ↑ "Mice - The Milkman". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  9. ↑ "the+milkman | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  10. ↑ "Martian Man - Mice, Julianne Regan - Song Info - AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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